Japan to Increase Russian Gas Imports by 2Mln Tonnes Using Arctic LNG 2

SAPPORO/TOKYO, Japan (Sputnik) - Japan has not withdrawn from Russian gas producer Novatek's Arctic LNG 2 project and plans to increase imports of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 2 million tonnes per year by 2026, Sergey Marin, the Russian consul general in the Japanese city of Sapporo, told Sputnik.